LeBron James Bloodied After Taking Elbow To Eye In USA-Brazil

On Tuesday afternoon, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and the USA men's national basketball team defeated Brazil 122-87 at Bercy Arena in the 2024 Paris Olympics quarterfinal. Team USA is now 4-0 in Olympic play this year.

During the third quarter of the game, LeBron took an elbow to the eye from Brazil guard Georginho de Paula. After taking the shot, James hunched over in some pain, holding his left eye.

LeBron went to the sidelines so the medical staff could take a look. After a minute on the bench, he headed back to the locker room and received four stitches. James made a return to the bench toward the end of the fourth quarter but did not see any more time on the court.

Despite missing a majority of the second half, LeBron still nearly recorded a double-double with 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting and nine assists. He also added three rebounds and three steals.

Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker led Team USA in scoring with 18 points. Minnesota Timberwolves phenom Anthony Edwards added 17 off the bench. In total, Team USA has six players score in double figures.

LeBron and Team USA will take on Nikola Jokic and Serbia in the semifinals. The two countries met a little over a week ago in group play, where the USA won by a final score of 110-84.

Serbia earned a spot in the semis after defeating Australia in overtime 95-90. Serbia came back from a 24-point deficit to pull off the win.

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